Amazon demands 20 euros more – price increase with Amazon Prime: how to avoid the price increase

In mid-September, membership for Amazon’s premium service will become more expensive. Instead of 69 euros per year, customers will then pay 89.90 euros for the same subscription from September 15th. The fee will also be ten euros more expensive for students. EUR 44.90 per year will then be due instead of the previous EUR 34 per year. Read more about this here.

If that’s too expensive for you, you don’t have to cancel right away. Interested parties who want to take out a Prime subscription for the first time and some existing customers can initially avoid the surcharge using a clever strategy.

Secure an Amazon Prime subscription at the old price

So that you don’t have to pay more from autumn, there is a simple trick you can use to avoid the price increase for another year:

Close just before September 15th, e.g. 09/14 when Subscribe to Prime as a new customer and pay the full price for the whole year when you confirm your order, i.e. the usual 69 euros.

Instead of paying 89 euros from mid-September, you can then enjoy all the benefits of premium membership for a year longer at a lower price.

If you don’t like the offer, you can cancel your membership within 30 days of the trial subscription.

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What about existing customers?

All those who already have a premium subscription to Amazon and pay the fee annually cannot delay the increase in price. Whether you pay more on the key date or only from the end of September or October depends on when your subscription begins. Because according to Amazon, the new price will only be due with the first payment after September 15th.

• This means: If you took out your subscription on the 20th of a given month, you will pay the higher price from September 20, 2022. If you have decided on the 12th of a month for a Prime subscription, you will only pay for the new tariff on October 12, 2022. You can find the details of your payment period in your Amazon account.

It is different with Prime members, who have been so far monthly for your membership to count. They can benefit from the old price for longer by switching from the monthly model to the annual subscription.

You can make the change in your account overview. Proceed as follows in your Amazon profile:

1. Tap on the menu item My account,
2. go connect to the tab Prime,
3. and then up change payment settings.

Choose the annual tariff and, like new customers, only pay the higher price next year.

Extrapolated, you can save a total of 250.80 euros within the next 12 months with the tariff change if you change your payment cycle from monthly to annually before September 15th.

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